Bristol as a Role Model? You Must Be Kidding

She subpoenas pay records from CNN, Playgirl for kid support

(NEWSER) - Bristol Palin is demanding pay stubs to Levi Johnston from CNN, Playgirl, the National Enquirer, Star magazine, and Entertainment Tonight, claiming her baby daddy is falsely crying poverty to duck his responsibility to support their child. Johnston has argued in a court battle over child support payments that he can't afford $1,700 a month in payments for their out-of-wedlock son, Tripp. Sure, he made $100,000 last year, but only raked in $10,000 a year before that, Johnston is claiming. Bristol believes he has collected far more, and has subpoenaed the pay records to prove it. More»

Sarah Palin, Bristol Palin talk abstinence

(NEWSER) - American's most famous teen mom and her famous mom, Sarah Palin, talked abstinence with Oprah today. Bristol Palin plans to hold to her vow not to have sex until she's married, even though the queen of all media offered her an out: "It's nobody's business when you chose to have sex," Winfrey said. "I think it's a goal to have, and I think other young women should have that goal," said Palin, 19, whose son, Tripp, is 13 months old. More»

'I'm up to the point where I can't see my kid again,' says Tripp's dad

(NEWSER) - Levi Johnston says he's “definitely” going to court over custody issues concerning Tripp, his son with Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol. "I'm up to the point where I can't see my kid again. I'm done. I'm sure we'll end up in court,” Johnston tells the Guardian , explaining that the Palins have been inconsistent in allowing him access to the 10-month-old. More»

Ex-boyfriend's assessment of Palin family is a mom's nightmare

(NEWSER) - In Levi Johnston’s Vanity Fair interview, he says the Palin family is “much different” from a “normal family”—but maybe he’s not the best judge, given that he’s “a 19-year-old high school dropout whose mother was arrested on six felony drug counts,” writes Gail Collins in the New York Times. In fact, the piece had Collins feeling “sympathy” for Palin “for the first time in my life.” More»

(NEWSER) - Levi Johnston continues his gripping expose of the Palin family in an interview with Vanity Fair. Some choice revelations from Bristol's ex, who lived with the family for two months following the election:

• "There wasn't much parenting in that house": The Palin parents were too busy to care for their children, so "the kids would do it all themselves: cook, clean, do the laundry," Johnston says. He chipped in, too: "I’d barbecue chicken or steak on the grill."